The Romantics

Name: The Romantics
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: September 10, 2010
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes

2010

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THE ROMANTICS

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Paramount Famous Productions | Release Date: September 10, 2010

Starring: Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes

Summary: Over the course of one raucous night at a seaside wedding seven close friends, all members of a tight, eclectic college clique, reconvene to watch two of their own tie the knot. Laura is maid of honor to Lila, her golden girl best friend. The two have long rivaled over the groom, Tom. Friendships and alliances are tested and the loveOver the course of one raucous night at a seaside wedding seven close friends, all members of a tight, eclectic college clique, reconvene to watch two of their own tie the knot. Laura is maid of honor to Lila, her golden girl best friend. The two have long rivaled over the groom, Tom. Friendships and alliances are tested and the love triangle comes to a head the night before the wedding, when the drunken friends frolic in the nearby surf and return to shore... without the groom. (Paramount Famous Productions)
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Director: Galt Niederhoffer

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 95 min

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New York Post Kyle Smith

The Romantics isn't as consistent or as well-rounded as its parent, "The Big Chill," or as entertaining as its less literate but more extroverted cousin, "St. Elmo's Fire," but with its tart dialogue and its perfect ending, it is sensitive as well as sagacious. It's a rare combination. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Steve Ramos

(Holmes) fails to deliver requisite laughs to keep the comedy afloat. Read full review

Slate Dana Stevens

Though the movie never overcomes the miscasting of its lead couple, The Romantics does show a surprisingly fine authorial touch. Read full review

Village Voice Nick Pinkerton

It is uncertain, though, how this material is served by disheveled cinematography, shooting handheld on the Hi 8 camcorder I had in high school, apparently editing on two VCRs, and flooding the mix with Forever 21 dressing-room music. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Clumsy camera work adds to the pre-wedding jitters in writer-director Galt Niederhoffer's pashmina-thin drama about attractive self-congratulatory Yale alumni gathering for the nuptials of two of their own. Read full review

Los Angeles Times Gary Goldstein

This sour spin on "My Best Friend's Wedding" (crossed with a pale dose of "The Big Chill") proves unsatisfying not only because of its unlikable characters and often contrived conflicts but for the thoroughly implausible bride and groom at its core. Read full review

Observer Rex Reed

Instead of originality, The Romantics recycles the same material with a lot of noise masquerading as style, and no substance whatsoever, producing a grotesquerie of caricatures from central casting that are dead on arrival. Read full review

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Mary7

Feb 27, 2011

In a weird way I loved this film. It was authentic and very entertaining. It is not your common Romantic film. Passion I think it is the tone of the film, because it is what the movie is about, not only love but passion and what it can do to a group of friends.